Example sentences of "[vb past] around for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having grasped the educational import of the manyattas , Windley cast around for ways in which they might be adapted for administrative purposes . |
| 2 | He rooted around for survivors but there were none . |
| 3 | Wildly she glanced around for Tara , but after an early swim she 'd disappeared . |
| 4 | She described how she walked around for months ‘ with a pain , almost a physical pain , in my heart ’ ; of how she avoided friends and pulled her hat over her face if she met them in the street ; of how , at last , she knew she must express her thousand emotions about her little grandchild in the way she knew best , in clay . |
| 5 | He walked around for weeks wired to a police tape recorder , and spent hours admitting his past indiscretions to investigators in the US and UK in an outpouring probably not rivalled since Don Juan went into the confessional . |
| 6 | They shopped around for bargains and cheaper food ; were more selective as to what food was bought ; and cooked cheaper but filling meals which often took longer to prepare . |
| 7 | Letting the water buoy up my weight I stretched my feet down to touch bottom and found the water came up to my ears ; took a deep breath , put the rest of my head under and reached around for Harry , unable to see him , unable with open eyes to see anything at all . |
| 8 | In obvious good humour , she was commiserated with , patted on the back , thanked by the little girl 's father , offered half the prize money , which she refused , and looked around for Feargal . |
| 9 | He put a neck-lock on the youth he was holding and looked around for help . |
| 10 | He screwed up the note into small pieces and looked around for others . |
| 11 | She looked around for Celeste , but in vain . |
| 12 | He looked around for Reni 's wife — the mother of Neferukhebit wondering if she was the source of the girl 's character . |
| 13 | He looked around for support , and then gestured . |
| 14 | He looked around for support and everybody nodded , but the messenger became doubtful . |
| 15 | I looked around for Kalchu and eventually found him on the far side of the fire talking to a group of men , some of whom I recognized as being from Chaura and from Chhuma . |
| 16 | He stopped for a moment and looked around for Zach . |
| 17 | She looked around for Rosa ; and sighed when Sabina indicated , with a jerk of her head , that she was in her room , and fuming . |
| 18 | Warily , Rincewind looked around for Twoflower . |
| 19 | She took several long mouthfuls of the drink , then looked around for Faye , wanting to make sure this party was n't too taxing for her patient . |
| 20 | With that , Taff started digging while I searched around for timber to place over the trench . |